CVRDA

I have to agree with Mark on this one; the Skol was not a Shelly design. A transplanted Kiwi, John Shelly designed 3 Moths. In our USA Classic Moth class we have the Mk1 and a good number of Mk 3's though I'm not sure what the differences are. The Shelly Mk 3 plans are available in the U.S and at le...

I remember watching a kayaker play on a standing wave that would form off Felixstowe Ferry SC when the North Sea decided to reenter the River Deben. Sounds like a much milder version of what happens at Shirehampton. Speaking of Felixstowe Ferry SC, in my younger years I got a chance to crew with Dav...

The Classic Moths (USA) have just recently started scheduling an annual event up at Cooper River SC in New Jersey (it used to be a strong Moth club in the 1950's to 1960's). River sailing clubs are a rare thing in the U.S. This was the first year I've attended and it was as fluky as I expected, but ...

I'm not so worried about the difficulty of the quiz but I would like to see some more details from the quizmaster once the answers are revealed. Anything to add to my education is fun. For instance, these foam boats, who designed, when manufactured, how many are made. If a quiz answer is an obscure ...

There is an interesting thread over at http://www.sailinganarchy.com/forums. Go to dinghy anarchy and look for the thread "Great boats in the age of cotton sails". I've posted some pictures I've had kicking around on my hard drive. I wonder if some of the CVRDA brethren wouldn't mind joini...

Can someone tell me what Barry Bucknell has to do with an International Canoe? Also what was that Trevor Kirby singlehander and who is Trevor Kirby? Google shows that today he is an expat living in Vancouver, Canada. Also how much did Ian Proctor redesign the National 18? And furhermore, what a tric...

Let me chime in from the States. Interesting discussion with a wide range of views which is typical since CVRDA attracts a diverse lot. One CVRDA member may drool over a Proctor MK1 MR restoration and not find a Revo Hornet particularly interesting and vice versa. My experience with long in the toot...

Funny enough, I drove past Bacon and Associates (used sail brokers) on the way to the Post Office to get Xmas stamps and they had what looked to be a Sidewinder parked outside on a trailer. Bacon and Assoc are sail brokers, they don't advertise as used boat brokers but they always seem to have an ec...

Rod MacAlpine-Downie seems best known for his C-class cat designs. Funny enough his dinghy designs were made in the U.S, in fiberglass, by the Chrysler Marine corporation (now defunct). The three that I know of are the Buccaneer, the Mutineer and the Sidewinder. Because they were designed for glass ...

For those of you with voluminous archives on everything to do with British yotting, what can you tell me about the Yachting World scow?... size, weight, sail area. Was it designed to be home built? How many were made? I stumbled across an index of UK classes (was it put together by a CVRDA member?) ...

Owned a Slurp design IC in the 90's named "Lust Puppet", slang for those inflatable dolls with all the proper pleasure accoutrements. The best IC I owned.

Rod M

Wow, 4'8" is wider than I have seen. The Peter Colse Mouldie was around 4'3" from the lines I have obtained from the web. I think the Imperium design was also around 4'3". I wonder how much English builders modified plans (happens all the time in a development class). The NZ scow Moth...

This past weekend saw 25 Classic Moths race the Classic Moth Nationals at Elizabeth City North Carolina. Jeff Linton from Florida won the Nationals for the second time in a row with a modified Mistral built in 3mm and 1.5 mm plywood. Wood Mistrals or modified Mistrals filled out the top five. Three ...

Jools G I would be interested in what your scow weighs. I assume it is 3 mm ply throughout. My guess is 65 - 75 lbs. And what is the width? 4'3" seems to be the width of most scows in the pre wing design era. Also to reiterate on the Classic Moth rule here in the U.S. It is a box rule; 11' loa,...

Also for those who want to plow through some scow Moth history, there is a continuing Scow Moth thread over at the Australian Scow Moth site;

http://www.moth.asn.au/forum/viewtopic.php?t=110

Rod Mincher